Two Studies in the History of Doctrine

Benjamin B. Warfield — Two Studies in the History of Doctrine: Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy; The Development of the Doctrine of Infant Salvation (New York: The Christian Literature Co., 1897).

The first study traces the origin and nature of Pelagianism, the external history of the controversy, Augustine’s part in it and his theology of grace. The second follows the doctrine of the salvation of infants from the Fathers through the medieval mitigation, the drift in the Church of Rome, the Lutheran, Anglican and Reformed teaching, to its ethical tendencies.

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Contents (13)

1. Preface
2. I. Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy: The Origin and Nature of Pelagianism
3. The External History of the Pelagian Controversy
4. Augustine’s Part in the Controversy
5. The Theology of Grace
6. II. The Development of the Doctrine of Infant Salvation
7. The Patristic Doctrine
8. The Mediæval Mitigation
9. The Drift in the Church of Rome
10. The Lutheran Teaching
11. The Anglican Position
12. The Reformed Doctrine
13. Ethical Tendencies